Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis auriculata |
|
---|---|---|
pink tick-seed |
lobed tickseed, mouse-eared tickseed |
|
Habit | Perennials, 10–30(–60) cm. | Perennials, 10–30(–60+) cm (often stoloniferous). |
Leaves | mostly cauline; opposite; petioles 0–1 mm, ciliate or not; blades lance-linear to linear or filiform, 20–45(–60) × 1–2(–3+) mm, rarely with 1–2 lateral lobes. |
basal and cauline on proximal 1/4–1/2 of plant heights; petioles 1–6(–10+) cm; blades simple or with 1–2+ lateral lobes, simple blades or terminal lobes suborbiculate or ovate-elliptic to lance-ovate, 15–55(–75) × 9–25(–35) mm. |
Peduncles | 2–4(–6+) cm. |
8–20+ cm. |
Ray laminae | pinkish to white, 9–15+ mm. |
yellow, 15–20+ mm. |
Disc florets/ |
40–60+; corollas ochroleucous to yellow, 2.5–3 mm. |
3.5–4.5 mm, apices yellow. |
Phyllaries | deltate-ovate, 4.5–5.5 mm. |
lance-deltate to lance-ovate, 9–12 mm. |
Calyculi | of oblong to linear bractlets 1.5–2+ mm. |
of ovate to oblong bractlets 5–10+ mm. |
Cypselae | narrowly oblong, 1.3–1.8 mm, not winged; pappi 0. |
1.5–2.5 mm, wings 0 or involute and ± corky. |
Internodes | (± mid stem) 1–4(–5+) cm. |
|
Aerial | nodes proximal to first peduncle usually 1–2(–3), distalmost 1–3 internodes 1–4(–8+) cm. |
|
2n | = 26. |
= 26. |
Coreopsis rosea |
Coreopsis auriculata |
|
Phenology | Flowering Aug–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy shores, marsh edges, etc. | Roadsides and other openings in woods, pine barrens |
Elevation | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) | 10–500+ m (0–1600+ ft) |
Distribution |
DE; MA; NJ; PA; RI; SC; NS
|
AL; FL; GA; KY; LA; MS; NC; SC; TN; VA; WV
|
Discussion | Occurrence of Coreopsis rosea in South Carolina may represent a human-mediated disjunction; the collection came from a “lime sink” near a trailer park close to a freeway. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
|
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 196. | FNA vol. 21, p. 193. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Eublepharis | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Coreopsidinae > Coreopsis > sect. Coreopsis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 179. (1818) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 908. (1753) |
Web links |